Why lying is bad.
Lying to yourself may be the worst thing you can do for your long-term wellbeing. America’s founding fathers were on the right track when creating our new nation when they declared their primary goals to be “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” And Ben Franklin wrote a personal ambition to be “happy, healthy, wise, and wealthy.” I blogged about those goals in a post on Liberty last week, and those goals are intimately related to thinking the truth which is the flip side of lying.
Lying distorts your reality
It is obvious that lying to one’s self distorts the ability to see what is really happening and what will bring about desirable future situations. How can one possibly have a desirable future if they intentionally destroy their perception of their reality of the present moment with mind-altering drugs, or mind-altering ideas based on lies?
Identify lies in the moment.
Every moment is the beginning of a new future and thus every moment must be protected from the distortions that lying to oneself creates. When something is observed to be a distortion that will lead to a poor future it must simply be ignored and quietly avoided.
Shun lies
When any of those seven possible futures — life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which bring into being happy, healthy, wise, and wealthy people — are not being achieved because of lies, the lies should be identified and shunned.
Whenever those goals are not being achieved, look for the source of the distortion of perception and the lie.
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